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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
A REAL ESTATE DEAL.

The Ways and Wlles Of the Innoeene Do.
kota Land Speculator.
"Pullem." said Dakota real-estate
agent, in a town which is enjoying a
boom. to his partner, Il closed the
deal with that man from Philadel-
phia."
'.ls that so?''
"Yes, he takes the five lots and pays
ten thousand. Let's figure up and see
how We came out on them"
"Well. they cost us $1,000"
Eyes and it took about 500 to treat
and entertain that man from Chicago
whom we tried to sell to-"
''And l let the St. Paul man beat me
out of $500 at poker in the hope of SELL
ing to him."
Then l cashed bogus draft of $3.50
for that man from New York and then
he skipped out without buying"
Then that Iowa man took up two
days of our time at $50 day."
Eyes, and said he wanted to think
about it before buying. And then the
St. Louis man I took home to dinner
with me, he stole silverware to the
value of $l5 and skipped like the rest. :"
'.And I paid a ten-dollar drunk and
disorderly fine for the Milwaukee
man."
1--WE mustn't forget to figure in
about $50 for livery bills"
mo, nor $25 for spending half q
day to 90 to church with that Boston
man."
'And put down 800 for advertising
and so that had to pay Jones for
keeping still when he accidentally
overheard me tell this man we sold to
that the marsh just beyond the lots was
an artificial lake put in by the city at
cost of $50, OO0."
Lets see total $1,000 profit,
$3.50. That won't hardly do-we've
got to make more than that"
Eyes we must cut down expenses on
the next deal somewhere. guess We
better not spend time going to church
with any more men. "-Dokota Bell
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
PERSONAL AND LlreaARv

-Mrre Marie Dronsart . french
woman. has written . biography a
Bismarck in three volumes.
Mrs. Ellen Wood. the authors.
left personal estate to the value q
*S6.O0Q In her case novel-writius
paid.
-Haggard's best novel has had q
curious experience in an English
public library. liking Solomon's
Mines" is placed among the works ON
minerology.
-Archduchess Marie Valerie Of
Austria, who is betrothed to the heir
presumptive to the crown of Saxony,
has literary tastes and is . frequent
contributor to German magazines
Missionaries have done more for
the literary world than all the socie-
ties and institutions Of the earth. In
the past eighty years they have formed
and reduced to writing over forty
languages-PuSlie Opinion.
|unius S. Morgan. the London
banker. has offered to give a Joshua
Reynolds to the Metropolitan Muse UNI
in New York. This painting repre-
sents ''three gentlemen" beass tho
date $780," and is valued at $50. 900.
There are now 692 newspapers pub
lished in Switzerland. against AL in
1872. and SIC in 1888 OF these 692,
79 are published six times or more dur
ing the week, POI from two to five
times. 1879 once, 100 less than once.
and q have no regular publishing day.
appearing only occasionally. Berne
publishes the largest number. 113. the
next being Zurich. with 80.
Among the now few survivors Of
Waterloo is Lord Albemarle. who en-
tered the English army on April 4.
1915, and served on June Is with the
old Fourteenth Foot. He retired upon
half-pay as Major, became q Major
General October 26. 1858. and q Gen.
ersl February Z, 1874. The other sur
vivOr whose name in the Army List is
General George Whichcote. This vet
eran soldier received his commission
in January. 1911. and served in the
Peninsula with the Fifty-second Light
Infantry.
1t is related that Eugene Delacroix,
the famous painter, thinking that the
head OF Baron James Rcthschild would
make splendid head for beggar,
asked the eminent fnancier to sit as q
model. Consent was granted. While
the artist was engaged on the canvas
one of the pupils entered and told
Delacroix that that was an ideal beg
gar. When Delacroix was not looking
the pupil. in a good-hearted manner.
put coin in Rothschild's hand, for
which the banker nodded his thanks.
He learned that the young painter had
very little money. and SO he wrote him
that the coin he had given him had
borne interest. and that if he called ut
the Rothschild ba mixing house he would
receive 10, 600 francs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
How Il Is Nowadays.

Youth-My dear. We could be mar
ried now if you would be willing to live
in . four-room house.
Practical girl-Let me see. Well.
We would have to reserve one room for
a parlor. you know.
Il suppose So"
Eyes, and the second room could be
kept for q drawing-room. just for
friends and relatives, because it would
ruin the parlor to open it often. you
know
II suppose So"
THAT leaves us two rooms, and ono
of them would have to be fitted up for
a sewing-roor. because when people
run in in hurry l would not like to
have the drawing-room all Uttered up
Has the house any closets?'
mo, believe not"
Then the fourth room would have
to be used for q closet. Such house
wouldn't do, dear. There would be no
place to eat or sleep. Omaha World.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
HUMOROUS.


Jones CATER night ol)-"My!
how my head aches" Mrs. Ut is
the champagne" Jones-''Not a bit
of it. It's the real pain and nothing
else" Mrs. J.-"YCu must be bet
ter"
-She-"What lovely summer aft
ernoon. How Respondent tho bright
orb of day hangs in the blue vault
above" He-"Yaas, nice day for y
Teller to get his hair cut TEXAS Sif1-
ings.
isn't there any thing you would
rather have than dish of ice cream?'
he asked. as they emerged from the
theater. eyes, George; two dishes of
ice cream" she murmured, softly
Washington Critic.
Smith. who is afflicted with sore
throat, has asked his friend Brown to
examine it. Brown (peering down
Smiths throat)-''On which side is the
sore spot?" Smith Speaking with
difficulty)-''On the left side" Brown
Coming up or going down?"-
1eras Siflings.
flames" said the hgh-school girl.
"plcase take me to an ice-crcam
saloon" "Nixey," replied her grace
less brother. I'm not built that way"
20. don't use such awful slang. Say
you are not constructed according to
those plans and specifications ~
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
IL am sorry to say there are no
seats. madam" said a passenger who
was hanging on to a strap the other
day in Broadway car, as lady was
trying to push her way past him. 81
know it." said the lady. sweetly. "but
l should like to get as far as the mid
die of the car because my hustle is out
side in the rain. IN T. Tribune.
Head of Firm-"H our collector
has been rude, sir, ] am sorry. l as
sure you we will give him no counte-
Aggrieved Party-''He doesn't
need any-he's got face enough now
for anything"
The Pesky Fly
In the morning. how delightful
When you do not have TO rise.
To b eaten mp By spiteful
Little demons known ~ dies.
''You are fishing with persistence"
laid gentleman to an urchin who
had thrashed stream without appar.
ent reward whole afternoon. .'Oh.
no. sir; on'y jest angle-worms," re-
piled the youth pleasantly. Il mean
you have . good deal of perseverance.
explained the other. mo them's
suckers; guess ye amt never lived in
.hese. parts hev ye?"-Binghamton
Jamie lived near a railroad cross
n:s and was present one day at an &C
.ident by which carload of pigs was
upset. Telling his mother about it aft
he said that a lot of men
vent around with sticks tipped with
ron and prodded the poor things
back into the car. '.And think" he
aided, Indignantly. that it was cruel
when the poor pigs had just had such
! shock to their nervous sYstemsr'
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11

Herbert Spencer is working on his
autobiography, although the state OF
his health does not permit him to give
this work more than short time each
day. He is scarcely able to see any
visitors save intimate friends. Tho
least unusual excitement aggravates
his symptoms, and especially his sleep
lessness.-Spriwqfeld Republican.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
OUR SAINT.
KANSAS

The one sing was born and bred
Ere proud Queen Fashions whims had lie,
"A single maid to vex her head
Der pug or poodle;
Her form was 1.-the. her face was fair
Her laugh was blithe and debonair,
Her voice was sweet-her favorite air
Was Yankee Doodle"
She used to play An old spinet
The same is in existence yet
Amid the dust and cobwebs set
High in our garnet;
And oft she spun from dawn till gloon
In some quaint low, be-gabied loom:
She loved the fabric of her loom,
Nor scorned to wear it
In stately minuet or reel
With large-bowed slippers, high Of heel
Hers was the step that reused the zeal
In hearts Of gallsnts;
Folk high and lowly both to please,
TO make bright mOts and repsrtees,
To bake, TO brew-she numbered these
Among her talents.
Whene'er she passed in quilted gown
Along the highways Of the town,
Small wonder that swains bowed down
In admiration;
And when handsome stranger bore
The fair one from her fathers door,
Why marvel that the jealous swore
From sheer vexation2
A day more gay was seldom seen
Than her bright wedding day. 1 ween;
And she-she bore herself q queen
In look and motion.
And when, with him she loved, she led
Tho wedding dance, more light her tread
Than any barQue that ever sped
Ger wave of ocean.
The broidered bodice that she wore
While footing it along tho floor
Has lain for fifty years and more
In some dark chest hid;
And he whose arm around 1t stole,
Sought while yet young the starry goal
"A grief which she has, patient soul,
Long in her breast hid.
Her eyes are dim, her voice is faint,
And yet she never makes complaints;
sOne more serene and like a saint
Ihave yet TO see
, Than she who in the corner sits
And dozes, while she knits and knits
Her little nephew's socks and nitts-
My great-aunt Betsy.
Clinton ScOllard, in Century.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
SUICIDE OF SCORPIONS
A Popular Belief or Superstition That Il
Entirely Erroneous

A Popular Belief or Superstition That ID
Entirely Erroneous.
DR.. Bourne's experiments on these
creatures have been long since sub
stant,ally discounted by me. My OBJ
ject in making experiments was to test
Goldsmith assertion that if "a scorpion
is placed in the midst of a circle Of
burning charcoal it stings
itself on the back of the head, and in
this manner the undaunted suicide in
stantly expires" 1t does nothing Of
the kind. As to Byron's more glow.
ing description or episode:
1.-THE mind that broods oe- guilty woes
Is Ike the scorpion grit by fire.
One sad and sole relief she knows
The sting she nourished for her foes,
Whose venom never yet was vain,
Gives but one pang and cures al pain,
And darts into her desperate brain;
and so. it would appear, shufies of
the mortal coil, along with all its
throes and woes. etc.-again I say it
does nothing of the kind. On the con-
trary, and as the outcome of hundreds
of these neutrality-suspicious.
that were carried out by me in the
presence or with the cooperation Of .
score or more of still living officers.
not only at the Jauma1 ball practice
ground at Cawnpore. but also in sundry
hill and cholera camps elsewhere in
India-I came to the conclusion that
this belief or superstition was entirely
erroneous. 1 came to the further con
clusion that its poison was all but
inert, not only on itself, but also on
small birds. bees, etc; and as to its
own individual behaviour in presence
of fire, it was both stupid and coward
ly. 1t either skunk away into any cor
ner it could either make or find. or,
moving about aimlessly within the
circle, it either persisted in the same or
died without making any sign inside
it-K Curran. in Lancet
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11

when l de-" said Mrs. Fish
wacker, II want to be buried in the
good. old-fashioned style. and not
burned to ashes in one Of those cream
cries you hear Of"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11

opium ACirAs SpCHuAhS AAS uss~ NS"A hOu
coppers in sordid dens upon the fatal
drug. which was to assuredly repay his
infatuation by gradually stealing away
his health, his brains, and at last his
life. He fairly made my flesh creep.
my dear fellow" he said. ''there is
no time like the present; come and see
for yourself"
resisted. but in vain. have said l
am diffident. l fear have no strength
Of mind. never can say no. l could
not say no to Campbell 1t was ten
o'clock at night He got ME down
stairs 1t was an awful night. In a
hanson cab he dragged me to the
most dreadful of the dreadful Sums Of
the East end of London. Such sordid
misery as / saw there I had never even
dreamed of.
1 am not going to inflict upon You a
long description of an opium den; that
has been done before by the master
hand. and has been attempted over
and over again by puny imitators.
There lay John Chinaman enjoying
his poison. A common china ink-bot-
tie and a bit of bamboo formed his
pipe. The ink-bottle had hole in the
side. on which the treacly-looking
drug was carefully smeared. then it
was lighted. John smoked a few
whiffs in evident ecstacy. and then
John died. or at least appeared to do so.
Opium-smok;ng John was a miserable
object; he was lean, sickly-looking. a
melancholy wight
Its very dreadful. isn't it?'' said
Campbell. Il mustn't let this oppor-
tunity slip. You are doctor. l
want to see what it's like. It isn't
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-03-18
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FOR
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PRESS III eI4asge u It's rev
The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1887-03-18

There are many accidents ard dis
eases Which affect seocE and cause ser
ipus Inconvenience alla loss to TIE
IA. mer IN lis work, which lnav le
quickly Iemedita hy tie l.se Of Dr. J
II. Mclean $ Volcanic Oil Iininent
Sold ~ L Weller, Druggist, Hie
stone City. Dan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01
DEMANDS OF THE NATIONAL
FARMERS ALLIANCE UPON
CONGRESS.

Below we print in full the demands
made by the National Farmers ALI
ance in convention at Shreveport.
They are sound to the core and show
in ringing language the more impor-
tant purposes of this great body, and
the ends they propose to achieve.
This body was composed Of farmers
representing all the Southern States,
and the resolutions appended were
passed unanimously,
Resolved, That we the National
Farmers Alliance and Cooperative
Union of America, in convention as
sembled, advocate and endorse the fol-
lowing principles as in accord with the
sentiments and demands of the tillers
of the soil:
lst. We demand, first, the recogni-
ton, by incorporation, of trades,
unions, cooperative stores and such
thoer associations as may be organized
by the industrial classes to improve
their financial condition, or promote
their general welfare.
I'd. We demand that the all public
lands be held in small bodies, not ex-
ceeding three hundred and twenty
acres to each purchaser, for actual set
tiers, on easy terms of payment.
Sd. That large bodies of land held
by private individuals or corporations,
shall be assessed for taxation, at such
rates as they are offered to purchasers,
on credit of one, two and three years,
in bodies of one hundred and sixty
acres or less.
4th That whereas, large bodies of
our public lands, have been sold to
foreign capitalists, thus tending to the
establishment of landed aristocracy
in this country, similar to that which
has reduced the people of Ireland, and
other monarchical Governments, to a
condition of abject serfdom; we de-
mand the passage of laws forbidding
the ownership of lands, by aliens, whose
allegiance belongs to other nations,
and that the public domain be held as
the heritage of aur own people and our
children after us.
5th. That all lands forfeitable by
railroads or other corporations, imme-
diately revert to the government and
be declared open for purchase by actual
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01
PORK FOR HOME USE.

It may, possibly pay best to have
large, fat porkers for market purposes,
to suit the needs of the packers of
pork, who want large, heavy pork,
but when it comes to the home supply,
we want our pork with but small
portion of fat. There are some breeds
of pigs, noticeably so the small Eng
lish 7 Yorkshires, which produce very
large portion of fat, and, while they
may please the eye of most persons,
when in the living form, when killed
and dressed the large proportions Of
fat makes the meat undesirable for
most palates. 1t does not pay to raise
pigs solely, or almost SO, for lard.
With the exception of, perhaps, the
Berkshires, most of our well-known
breeds of pigs are, in their purity,
rather too much inclined to lay on fat
to make them desirable for home use,
and we have for number of years
been experimenting to find out how to
produce just such porkers as would
best meet the requirements. While
the breeding has a great deal to do
with having good pork for home use,
the feeding plays a very important
part, and the quality of the pork de-
pends in great measure on proper
feeding. We do not like having the
porkers confined to small pens, even
though the pigs may fatten up more
quickly than if they have plenty of
exercise room, but let them have the
run of good clover lot during the
summer and fall, ringing the pigs so
that they cannot destroy the sod, then
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01

supply them with grain in different
forms, daily, with plenty of fresh
water, at least once day, as much as
they will drink. Hogs can be kept
in fair condition on plenty of clover
and water, but to make them improve
as they should, grain should be given.
A good summer feed is made by hav-
ing corn and oats ground together, say
in proportion of one bushel of corn to
two of oats, then making slop of
this. Our plan is to half fill barrel
with this mixture and then the mass
with cold water in summer and hot
water in winter), doing this in the
afternoon or evening, and then feed
ing it, diluted to the proper consist
ency, next morning, by which time it
will have soured sufficiently. It is
we'll to add couple of handfuls of
salt as well as half peck or 50 of bits
of charcoal. This charcoal can readily
be secured on the. farm, where wood
fires are used, by sewing the wood
ashes and using the bits of charcoal
which remain in the Breeders
Journal
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01
GREEN MANURING.
NUMBER IA.

1t has been stated by a reliable
writer on the subject, that green clover
contains more manurial value than is
contained in an equal weight of stable
manure. He does not say dry clover
hay, but green weight, which is from
four to five times as much. This
statement is surprising one, particu-
larl y when we consider that from fif-
teen to twenty-five tons of clover can
be grown on an acre during the year,
in addition to the great mass of roots
According to this statement an aver
age crop of clover contains manurial
value to at least fifty full cart loads of
best stable manure per acre.
It is considered unsafe to attempt
to grow clover at the South as a reno
vator, but we have plant which is of
more value and is of easy and certain
growth. The field or COW pea has all
the good qualities of clover, without
the drawbacks. The writer followed
crop of Irish potatoes with crop of
field peas, which were planted about
the middle of June. This crop of
nine acres produced a heavy crop of
vines and fair crop of peas. The
vines in green state weighed by meas
ured estimate about twenty eight tons
per acre, which amounted on the nine
acres to two hundred and fifty tons.
The cost of the crop was $3.50, or
one dollar and half per acre. In
what way can SO much manure be put
on field at so small a cost? I en-
ployed women and had picked six
thousand pounds Of peas, which I
found valuable food for my COW and
Jersey calves. The picking cost
twenty-five cents per hundred pounds,
and as the peas are worth for food
seventy-fve cents per hundred in the
pods the crop is worth thirty dollars
more than the cost of picking. The
peas more than paid the cost of pro-
duction, leaving the manurial value of
the vines clear profit.
The writer quoted from says: "The
green crop, whatever it may be, that
is raised to improve the land should
be mown down in summer and autumn,
and should be left upon the surface as
long as possible, to prevent evapora-
ton, to disintegrate the soil, to retain
moisture, to be leached by rains and
dews, and finally to enrich the ground
by it's total decomposition" This
plan. he contends, will make a crop
green for manuring, worth as much to
the land as twice as many tons of
barn yard manure applied in the usual
way. In other words crop of pea
vines on good land is equal to fifty
tons of stable manure per acre. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01
GOOD FARMING.

Capt. H. P. Jones, whose farm is
near this town, Immediately on the
Enoe at the foot of the Occonneechee
mountain, raised this year on 10 or II
acres, 100 barrels of good assorted
corn. The Captain worked only one
horse and one hand This hand, be-
sides the farm work, did the necessary
work about the house. such as cutting
wood, milking three COWS, attending
the stock, &c. He also raised four
stacks of oats and three stacks Of hay
From the product of three COWS, Mrs.
Jones sent three or four children to
school, and paid their tuition. All
this crop was raised without any fer
tilizers. We call this good farming
by good practical farmer.-HiAsboro
Record
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-01

The little kingdom of Bavaria,
scarcely larger than Massachusetts,
has twenty-six agricultural colleges,
besides more than 200 agricultural
associations. Saxony, with its dense
population of 100000, packed in a
space scarcely larger than two Ameri-
can counties, has four higher colleges
and twenty agricultural schools.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-18
ANOTHER GARD.

EDrToR COURIER: We notice In the
Times. = sDur in publishing of the death
of George Cox. and we think the editor
had little to do to express h:s sentiments
as be did. Does Griff ever think, "DO
unto Others as you would have Others do
unto your No. think not, or he would
have not expressed such sentiments ia
his paper as he did. IL the sentiments
Of some nrighbors vert expressed in re-
gard to Grin, II would b. worse than he
cxpressed nn Cox. Aud more, think IL
/ l was Crit would not, and could not.
tstand over the corpse and express my
sentiments Of the corpse. 10 the mourn.
ling child as. old Griif did. When the
child told me. thought what : vags-
lh0nd Midnight ghouls only delight IL
insults 10 The desd - not rrs pectabl civil
i ized persons We think that was plain
iproof that there was personal malice,
Notwithstanding his deni i. or he would
not have made such mistakes.
A FRIEND.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-18

The In Porte Argus says: .While
the Republicans were in fnll power il
Congress-. from 1865 10 1875, they voted
more acres Of land TO the railroad eor-
porations than there il in the entire
German empire. and now the Republi-
can Senate refuses to pass a law to pre-
vent Senator'S from acting - attorneys
for these roads, which are likely ct any
time TO become subjects for Legislative
The Democrats obtained
control OF the lower branch Of Congress
IN 1875, and since that time not an acre
of public land has been voted away 10
but il has all been kept for
settlers. This action shows tho great
difference between the tw0 political par
ties, and II explains why poor working.
men are generally Democrats. They are
Democrats, because Il IL for their inters
ests TO vote with that party"